Schedule backups
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Open the plan › Schedules tab › Add schedule
Or add schedules in step 5 of the plan wizard.
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Name it - e.g.
nightlyormonthly full -
Choose when
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Hourly - every N hours at a minute past the hour.
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Daily - at one or more times.
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Weekly - on chosen days at a time.
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Monthly - on a day of the month at a time.
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Cron - any cron expression, for everything else.
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Pick the Time zone
An IANA zone such as
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Optional extras
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Only start runs inside a window - e.g. weekdays 22:00-05:00.
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Random start delay - up to 3600 s, so plans sharing a server or storage do not all start at once.
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Write a different output for this schedule’s runs - e.g. a monthly 7z.
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Save
Runs missed while the platform was down
Section titled “Runs missed while the platform was down”| Choice | What happens at the next start |
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| Run once now | One catch-up run starts, however many were missed. |
| Wait for the next | Nothing now; the next scheduled time runs as usual. |
| Skipped | Missed runs are recorded as skipped. |
See what is coming
Section titled “See what is coming”Backups › Schedules shows The next seven days for everything in your scope, then every schedule with its plan, timing in words, window, missed-run rule, delay, next run and last run. Enable, disable or edit schedules in place.